contact tracing
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.tækt ˌtreɪ.sɪŋ/us/ˈkɑːn.tækt ˌtreɪ.sɪŋ/theprocessoffindingany otherpeoplethat aninfectedpersonhasmetor hadclosecontactwith, usually inordertocontrolthespreadof aninfectiousdisease:
接触者追踪Contacttracingis animportantpartofHIVcontrolin the UK.接触者追踪是英国控制HIV感染的重要部分。
Contacttracingcanidentifyhigh-riskcontactsof apersontestingpositivefor Covid-19, who may beaskedto self-isolate for 14days.接触者追踪能够发现Covid-19测试阳性者的高风险接触者，那些人可能会被要求自我隔离14天。
- Contacttracingis one of the interventions that have been used toeffectivelycontrolEbolavirusdisease(EVD)outbreaksinAfrica.
- Insexuallytransmittedinfections,partnernotificationorcontacttracingcan becontroversialas it maycompromiseconfidentiality.
- Thisdocumentoutlinesthekeystepsincontacttracingforindividuals,includinghealthcareworkers, having hadcontactwith COVID-19cases.
- Contacttracingis afundamentalpartofoutbreakcontrolthat’s used bypublichealthprofessionalsaround theworld.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracer
- disseminator
- epidemic
- fomite
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- positivity rate
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally